Some years ago I participated in and won quite a few open data hackdays. This led to a front-page feature in The Observer. Shortly after that I led development at a Y Combinator startup working on simple in-browser modelling for 3D Printing, such as with our early prototype Cookie Caster. Our former CEO Nemil’s blog is a fantastic read.

After Dreamforge I took a bit of a break and went back to York to finish my degree. There I helped run the Swing Dance Society, HackSoc and ShockSoc. I wrote a few data and analysis pieces for Nouse, built a campus bus aggregator and helped built a set for the amateur dramatic society. I also studied MEng Computer Science and got a 1st on a project extrapolating short videos and timelapses to predict the future… it was nearly as cool as it sounds.